Washington Liberals Blog

Proposed initiative to end perpetual corporate welfare 1

Proposed initiative to end perpetual corporate welfare

Paula Joneli of Des Moines has proposed this brilliant citizen initiative. As Martha Koester says, “If it requires 2/3 to raise taxes, why shouldn’t it take 2/3 to enact tax breaks?” An act relating...

Rob McKenna: A Career Fighting Against Progress 0

Rob McKenna: A Career Fighting Against Progress

(reposted from Fuse Washington) On Wednesday, Rob McKenna announced his candidacy for Governor of our state. We are taking the unprecedented step of alerting you right after his announcement because McKenna has made a...

Jay Inslee to speak at NWroots 0

Jay Inslee to speak at NWroots

Congressman Jay Inslee will join Congressman Jim McDermott, former Canadian Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh, and Washington State Labor Council President Jeff Johnson at NWroots, the July 9th conference for liberal political activists, bloggers, candidates,...

Even the Chamber of Commerce wants this fee 1

Even the Chamber of Commerce wants this fee

The Seattle-PI has an article New business PAC to County: Support transit tax that should be an eye-opener for Tim Eyman and his anti-tax, anti-government allies. The article reports on the creation of a...

Chris Hedges on the Death of the Liberal Class 0

Chris Hedges on the Death of the Liberal Class

I’m half way through Chris Hedges’ depressing and informative book, The Death of the Liberal Class. Hedges says, “The story began, I believe, in World War I, when there was a massive reconfiguration of...